Groghet-needle handle



E. WAHL;

CROCHET NEEDLE-HANDLE.

(Ne Model.)

Patented Dec. 5, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL WAHL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CROCHET-NEEDLE HANDLE.

SPEGIFCATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,442, dated December5, 1882.

Application filed April l0, 1882. (No model.)

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL WAHL, a citizen of the United States, residingin the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented anew and useful Improvelment in Crochet-Needles, whichimprovement is fully setforth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of thecrochetneedle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionthereof. Figs. 3 and 4 are longitudinal sections of modificationsthereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts inthe severalgures.

My invention consists in forming a crochetneedle whereby itislengthened, and provided with two or more hooks, either of Awhich'may beemployed, as desired. u

Referring to the drawings, A represents the handle of a crochet need1e,formed of bone, ivory, or other suitable material, said handle being inone piece with a crochetneedle which terminates in the usual hook, a..The portion ot the-said handle opposite to the hook a is hollow, andthat end ofsaid handle is split in the longitudinal direction, formingjaws B B, the exterior face whereof is tapering and receives atightening-sleeve, C, the widest part of the jaws being at the end ofthe handle, so that by moving the sleeve toward said end the jaws B arethereby compressed.

D represents a crochetneedle, formed of bone, ivory, or other suitablematerial, which has hooks b b at opposite ends, and is insertcd at oneend in the hollow of the handle A, the jaws B B, compressed by theV:ferrule or sleeve G, serving to firmly hold said needle in position, sothat the hook b may be used, the

body of the needle Aacting as the handle therefor. By loosening thesleeve the needle D may be withdrawn, reversed, reapplied and secured,in which case the hook b is outside, and thus rendered serviceable. Thehooks b b' are of different sizes and differ in size from the hook a,whereby the-combined needle is adapted for different kinds of work ormaterial. Furthermore, the needle D constitutes a continuation of theneedle having hook a, and thus lengthens the latter. i If desired, thehooks b b' may be formed of metallic needles A' A, which are secured toa collar-rod, E, either needle being adapted to enter the body of thehandle A, the jaws B B lightening against said collar E. An addi-`tional needle, F, having a split end orjaws,

similar to the jaws B, is adapted to t over either ofthe needles A Awhich is outside of the needleA, the jaws of the needle F being compressed by a sleeve, similar to the sleeve C, against the collar E, thusproviding additional needles and lengthening the entire needle.

(See Fig. 3.)

The needles A A may be duplicated and a hollow couplingpiece, G,provided therefor,

said piece having jaws and tightening-sleeve Y at each end. A needle, F,is lalso employed, the several parts being arranged as in Fig. 4, thusincreasing the length of the needle to a greater extent and providingmany needles, either hook of which may be brought into service, it beingevident that a still longer needle with many more hooks may be built up;but in either case the hooks are duplicated or multiplied, and may besimilar or various, and eitherA hook is adapted to render service.

Fig. 4; is a duplication of the handle, having a crochet-needle integraltherewith at one end and made hollow and compressible at the other end,with supplementary reversible crochetneedles, and a coupling orsplice-piece for uniting said duplicate parts for elongation purposes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Acrochet-needle handle havin g a. crochetneedle integral therewith atone end and the

